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Green Impact at the University of Cambridge This year’s stats…
• 23 Departmental teams
• 13 College teams
• 8 Labs teams
• 4 ‘Excellence’ projects
• Each team completed 66 actions
on average (4 more than last year!)
• 2,376 actions completed in total (202 more than
last year!)
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Participation in Green Impact
at the University of Cambridge
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2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17
Labs Bronze Silver Gold Platinum Excellence
1,684 actions
2,174 actions
1,642 actions
611 actions
2,376 actions
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Green Impact at the University of Cambridge This year’s top teams!
Top Labs Teams:
1) 386 points - Cancer Research UK
2) 364 points - Geography Science
Laboratories
3) 316 points - Sainsbury Laboratory
4) 243 points - Dept. of Medicine
5(=) 222 points - Obs & Gynae / Plant Sciences
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Green Impact at the University of Cambridge Promoting Recycling - What’s been happening?
Food waste
collections
in Philosophy
Well-labelled
bins in DRC
Composting
initiative at
Wolfson
College
Waste recycling event at Centre
for Mathematical Sciences
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Green Impact at the University of Cambridge Feedback from the auditors:
ARB ‘I was very impressed with how much the team had done!’
Botanic Gardens ‘They’ve embedded a substantial amount of
sustainability into the work of the gardens, specifically with the
water harvesting, drip irrigation, waste composting and roof
insulation initiatives, as well as the fact that the number of printers
had been substantially reduced’
Clare College ‘It is great to see that Clare has put so much
emphasis on Green Impact and I hope that they will continue with
all the great work!’
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Green Impact at the University of Cambridge This year’s top teams!
Top College Teams:
1) 392 points - Clare College
2) 354 points - Corpus Christi College
3) 354 points Pembroke College
4) 305 points - St Catharine's College
5) 282 points - Robinson College
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Green Impact at the University of Cambridge Communication and events - what’s been happening?
Green-themed bop and cake sale
at Jesus College
Halloween carving and cooking
at St Catherine’s College
Spreading green messages
at Robinson College
Green Impact
whiteboard at
CMS
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Green Impact at the University of Cambridge Feedback from the auditors:
Office of Intercollegiate Services ‘The team have shown they are
extremely keen to improve their environmental performance by
progressing through Green Impact, and have done very well to make
sure that the changes they put in place engage the entire staff’.
Psychology ‘The team have done an excellent job! The efforts to
reduce paper usage are particularly impressive’
Robinson College ‘They have shown a high level of commitment to
sustainability mainly attributed to the college environment committee,
which involves both college staff and students. With the collaboration
between different parties (e.g. catering, housekeeping, gardeners,
students), they managed to accomplish a high number of actions that
could not be achieved without such a strong foundation in the college’
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Green Impact at the University of Cambridge This year’s top teams!
Top departmental teams:
1) 334 points - Cambridge Trust
2) 253 points - Cancer Research UK
3) 238 points - Madingley Hall
4) 215 points - Greenwich House
5) 198 points - ARB
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Green Impact at the University of Cambridge Saving resources - what’s been happening?
Re-usable bottles at
Madingley Hall
Paper use
awareness at
Greenwich House
Bag re-use
at Churchill
College
KeepCups at
Emmanuel College
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Green Impact at the University of Cambridge Feedback from the auditors:
Clare Hall: ‘Everyone I talked to was aware of how much was being
done and exactly what impact they could have to influence policy.
The team had so many ideas, it was a joy to see!’
Department of Architecture: ‘The team have made a great start
with Green Impact. The sense of teamwork is really nice to see and
they have excellent ambitions to make more progress and get more
of the department involved.’
Earth Sciences ‘The team were extremely enthusiastic - they've
had many fantastic ideas and made such a positive impact across
the department. I was especially impressed with their
communication and their exciting events, such as bug tasting. It
was a pleasure to hear their ideas and plans for the future.’
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Green Impact at the University of Cambridge This year’s top teams!
Top new teams this year:
1) 830 points - Cancer Research UK
2) 337 points - Dept. of Medicine
3) 316 points - Sainsbury Laboratory
4) 230 points – Churchill College
5) 220 points - Wolfson College
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Green Impact at the University of Cambridge Feedback from the auditors:
Plant Sciences Dept ‘There have been some really incredible
efforts taken by this department!’
Sainsbury Laboratory ‘Being a relatively new laboratory,
Sainsbury Laboratory has an advantage of having a well-designed
and energy-efficient building. However the team shows a genuine
interest to continue learning from other laboratories' best practices
for further improvement.’
DRC: ‘I was impressed by how everyone's really involved and
passionate about Green Impact in the department. They have spent
a lot of energy and effort to implement improvement measures as
well as to involve people. The massive impact is clearly office-wide
and varies from the small to big actions.’
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Green Impact at the University of Cambridge Saving energy - what’s been happening?
Well-maintained
equipment at
Geography Science
Labs
Efficient CHP boiler
at Churchill College
Clearly
labelled
light
switches
at DRC
Efficient freezer use
at the Sainsbury Lab Freezer
reduction
initiative at
IMS-MRL
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Green Impact at the University of Cambridge Feedback from the auditors:
Sociology: ‘There seemed to be lots of enthusiasm for Green
Impact in the department, and the team had done a great job
working around and adapting to the various issues associated
with their building to make it work’
Medicine: ‘I was really impressed by the innovation within the lab
I looked around, it was so heartening to hear someone care so
much about environmental and sustainability performance -
especially in comparison to some of the labs I work in as an
undergrad!’
IMS-MRL ‘Jonathan has made a superb effort to raise the profile
of sustainability within a large department. I believe he has truly
excellent ideas and a strong desire to do more’
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Green Impact at the University of Cambridge This year’s top teams!
Most points gained compared to last year:
1) 329 points - Cambridge Trust
2) 298 points - Greenwich House
3) 295 points - Madingley Hall
4) 191 points - Dept of Psychiatry
5) 114 points - Geography Science Laboratories
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Green Impact at the University of Cambridge Biodiversity and grounds - what’s been happening?
‘Buggingham
palace’ at Corpus
Christi College
St Catherine’s
College student
allotment
Promoting
native
species at
Clare
College
‘BirdCam’
box at
Clare
College
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Green Impact at the University of Cambridge Feedback from the auditors:
Geography Science Labs: ‘Chris was amazing in how motivated he
is especially when it comes to collaborating and sharing ideas with
others. He has worked hard to make changes in the lab and is
beginning to see the changes.’
Greenwich House ‘The team's work throughout the year is
impeccable: there are so many great things around that could be
easily done, but the way that the team goes for the highest
standards possible just strikes me as remarkable!’
Corpus Christi ‘It was impressive how different college members
(MCR, housekeeping, gardening and kitchen staff) have got together
and brought ideas for further reducing the environmental impact of
the college this year. The Green committee has done a great job!’
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Green Impact at the University of Cambridge This year’s top teams!
Top teams overall:
1) 830 points - Cancer Research UK
2) 651 points - Madingley Hall
3) 587 points - Obs & Gynae Green Team
4) 501 points - Cambridge Trust
5) 449 points - Corpus Christi College
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Green Impact at the University of Cambridge What’s been happening?
Green Formal Freshers’
Feast at Emmanuel College
Sustainable food
talk at Geography
‘Thermal Thursday’ at
CRUK
Sustainable food talk at
Geography
Cambridge trust rooftop
garden
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Green Impact at the University of Cambridge Feedback from the auditors:
Cambridge Trust ‘I was impressed by the office, the organisation
was really good at improving their environmental performance, and
everything seemed to be sorted! The culture across the whole office
is overwhelmingly green. I particularly loved the roof top garden!’
Pembroke College ‘The team is especially impressive because of
the community they have managed to create through schemes like
the 'Pembroke Orchard'. It is really heartening to see students and
staff engage and work with each other. The team have also been
creative and ambitious, carrying out their own, student-led
Biodiversity Survey. They should be immensely proud of all they
have achieved this year.’
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This year’s Green Impact Excellence projects
University
Counselling
Service’s charity
recycling
scheme
MML’s schools
engagement project
MRC
Epidemiology’s
IT energy
efficiency
project
Clare
College’s
biodiversity
mapping
initiative
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Green Impact at the University of Cambridge Feedback from the auditors:
Madingley Hall ‘The team are clearly dedicated and have every
reason to be proud. I was particularly impressed by the kitchen; from
the sourcing of ingredients to the menu choices, the green ethos is
really entrenched. The same goes for the gardens and the efforts to
allow nature to rule over chemicals. The office culture is also really
inspiring! Fantastic work, by lovely, invested, passionate people!’
Maxwell Centre ‘The team have started out at a great pace in spite of
all the challenges associated with moving into a new building. The
future is really optimistic for this Green Impact team!’
Obs & Gynae Dept ‘The department is exemplary! Organised and
driven, and with wonderful displays all around on the walls, the whole
team is to be congratulated.’
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Cambridge Carbon Challenge
Team ‘PlanIt Green’ Team ‘Solar Storage’
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Cambridge Carbon Challenge: Round 1 judging
• December 2016
• Judges determined
which teams had
proposals that could go
through to next stage